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Grand Strand SCORE / "EasySTEPS 5 Part Series" For Starting Your Own Business

COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS

Grand Strand SCORE offers Community Workshops that are FREE and held across the region to aide in dealing with the current business climate. Subjects include "How to REALLY Start Your Own Business" and "How to Survive a Recession." Contact the Grand Strand SCORE office for scheduling at 843.918-1079.

JUNIOR APPRENTICE

Grand Strand SCORE, in conjunction with the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and the Georgetown County Board of Education, conducts business education for middle school students the first week of summer break. The program, named "Junior Apprentice", teaches business planning, market research, and teamwork. At the end of the week, teams present their conceptual companies to a local CEO who critiques their work and chooses a winner. If you think your school system would benefit from a course taught by experienced business people or if you want more information Contact the Grand Strand SCORE office at 843.918-1079.

EasySTEPS 5 PART BUSINESS SERIES

EasySTEPS classes are presented in partnership with Horry-Georgetown Technical College (HGTC). SCORE (www.grandstrand.score.org) and HGTC present the EasySTEPS combined workshop and mentoring program aimed at helping individuals start their own business or to improve the profitability of their existing businesses. So, if you are well along the way and have a good direction about your business idea or are already in business, the EasySTEPScourses: Starting-A-Business / Market Planning / Local Internet Planning / Financial Planning Fundamentals and Techniques for Selling Your Business Plan. Extensive use of homework and student presentation of business ideas. Business Series of 5, 2-hour course - $100 or $25 per class.

Next web page will provide a list of courses: Select `Business' Course Option'.

This will bring you to a list of business courses, scroll down to the `EasySTEPS Series' courses.

Each course is listed separately for your option to select which course you would like to register for.

If you would like to take all `5' courses, select the last option `EasySTEPS Series'

Once your course selection is chosen, it will take you to your online `Cart' web page: a) click on `Complete Registration' to finalize your online registration process.

The final web page will require you to fill out your information and make a payment via Credit / Debit Card to finalize `EasySTEPS Series' Course registration.

EasySTEPS / Week 1

Starting-A-Business

Course Closed

6:00 to 8:00 PM

A walk through the first steps everyone should do before they commit significant time and other resources to the start-up process. The concepts of differentiating your business, focusing your business idea, research into critical marketing and financial items will permit you to make a "Go- No-Go" decision that will help you answer the question "Are You Ready to Start Your Own Business". Handouts included / 2 hour course / Part of the 5 Part Business Series, but $25 as a stand-alone course.

EasySTEPS / Week 2

Market Planning

Course Closed

6:00 to 8:00 PM

Review of your business idea and business visions in light of the marketing effort needed to market your program. Prerequisite: Week 1, Starting-A-Business or permission of the instructor. Handouts included / 2 hour course / Part of the 5 Part Business Series, but $25 as a stand-alone course.

EasySTEPS / Week 3

Local Internet Marketing

Course Closed

6:00 to 8:00 PM

Internet Marketing will be covered: Websites, Blogs, Facebook for Business, and LinkedIn. Using concepts developed in Week 2, important processes for developing Key Words and listings on Citation Sites will be covered in detail. Prerequisite: Week 1, Starting-A-Business and Week 2, Market Planning or permission of the instructor. Handouts included / 2 hour course / Part of the 5 Part Business Series, but $25 as a stand-alone course.

EasySTEPS / Week 4

Financial Planning Fundamentals

Course Closed

6:00 to 8:00 PM

How to develop the critical financial information for use in the Business Plan and to use for following your business profitability. Topics will include the necessary information to obtain funding and to use as a guide in the startup and operation of your new business. Prerequisite: Week 1, Starting-A- Business, and Week 2, Market Planning. Handouts included / 2 hour course / Part of the 5 Part Business Series, but $25 as a stand-alone course.

EasySTEPS / Week 5

Techniques For Selling Your Business Plan

Course Closed

6:00 to 8:00 PM

How to develop your written business plan. Details about setting up a brief business plan using materials developed in the earlier EasySTEPS sessions. How to develop useful PowerPoint presentations of your plan to present to employees, lenders, partners and potential customers. Prerequisite: Weeks 1 thru 4. Handouts included / 2 hour course / Part of the 5 Part Business Series, but $25 as a stand-alone course.